Many people recognized Lu Fenfei. Moreover, the old man was well-off and easy to get along with, making him quite well-known among the middle-aged and elderly people in the area.
After Wan Jiao showed off her skills, no one in the crowd doubted her.
One or two people took out money and put it on the stall table.
"Master, I need my fortune told."
"Master, I want my fortune told too."
"master……"
"..."
Lu Fenfei was in charge of collecting the money, while gently guiding everyone to line up. Wan Jiao, on the other hand, calculated the amounts they wanted for each person one by one.
At this age, all people ask for is a harmonious family and the well-being and health of their children and grandchildren.
Viewers in the live stream were heartbroken to see these middle-aged and elderly people using such excessive force.
What a precious opportunity it is to have one's fortune told by a fortune teller! How could they waste it like that... Mom, my heart aches so much.
Are there any locals from Mingcheng here? With such a great opportunity, are you sure you don't want to go see the fortune teller, Wan Banxian?
It's a pity I'm not in Ming City, otherwise I would definitely go and join the queue.
I'm in Mingcheng, but unfortunately I can't go because I have class.
[Just passing by on my way to work...]
Even through the screen, you can feel the pain of netizens who want to go but can't.
Director Xia stared at the comments for a while, then suddenly called out to Zhao Zhi beside him, "Xiao Zhao, come with me to the Red Team."
Zhao Zhi exclaimed in surprise, "Ah!" and then asked, "Director Xia, do you have some new arrangements?"
Director Xia strode towards the parking lot, his words booming as they reached Zhao Zhi's ears, "This fortune teller is so accurate, when else should we not calculate it?"
Zhao Zhi, standing behind: "???"
What?
Director Xia, what did you say? You want to go see Master Wan for a fortune telling?
No way.
This doesn't comply with the program's rules.
"Director Xia, our regulations include, but are not limited to..."
Director Xia knew exactly what Zhao Zhi was going to say. Before Zhao Zhi could finish speaking, Director Xia interrupted him abruptly, saying, "Rules are rules, but people are flexible."
Zhao Zhi thought it made sense.
Director Xia is the "boss" of the production team. If he doesn't even have the right to ask a fortune teller to tell his fortune, then what's the point of the show?
In about an hour, Wan Jiao told fortunes for 16 people, starting with the old man. Lu Fenfei earned a total of 6,800 yuan from this.
At this point, Lufenfi had exceeded his mission expectations.
"Sister Fenfei." Watching the crowd gradually disperse, Wan Jiao called to Lu Fenfei, "Let's pack up and go buy groceries."
Lu Fenfei also hoped that her group would win this group task. As soon as Wan Jiao finished speaking, she couldn't wait to start packing her things.
Director Xia and Zhao Zhi arrived when Lu Fenfei was halfway through closing up her stall.
Seeing this, he asked in surprise, "The first task is already completed?"
Lu Fenfei was in a great mood after completing her mission. When Director Xia asked her, she replied with a grin, "Yes, Director Xia, our Wan Jiao is amazing!"
Without saying a word, Director Xia pulled out a wad of hundred-yuan bills and laid them on the stall table, looking at Lu Fenfei very seriously. "Even though the mission is accomplished, there's no reason to turn away customers who come to the stall."
Director Xia practically had the words "I want my fortune told" engraved on his forehead.
Lu Fenfei is good at reading people.
She blinked, looking as if Director Xia's words made sense, "That's really not true."
"Then this money..." Director Xia hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.
Lu Fenfei put the money away carefully. "Wanjiao, let's finish calculating for the last person before we pack up."
Wan Jiao is neither stupid nor deaf.
Lu Fenfei and Director Xia's schemes were so obvious that even a million miles away could hear them; it would be hard for her to pretend not to know. However, knowing everything was one thing, but having a connection with Director Xia was another.
She hummed in agreement. "Director Xia, please have a seat."
Director Xia sat down, looking at Wan Jiao expectantly like a well-behaved elementary school student, "Do you need her birth date and time?"
Wan Jiao: "That depends on what you want to calculate."
Director Xia didn't speak, but instead took out a note he had written in the car and handed it over, "Does this count?"
Wan Jiao nodded, "It can be calculated, but I don't recommend it."
A fleeting hesitation crossed Director Xia's face, but quickly, with a firm and stubborn look, he said, "Then let's leave it at that."
…
Director Xia appeared in the live stream room of Wan Jiao's red team and even took out money to have Wan Jiao tell his fortune, which really baffled the entire Running Man crew.
What kind of airplane is their Director Xia working on?
This is a live variety show, not a pre-recorded one.
His high-profile appearance in the Red Team's live stream, offering money and fortune-telling, makes people think he's intentionally favoring the Red Team... If the rivals hire online trolls to make a big fuss, their long-running variety show's reputation might collapse.
Compared to the program crew, the viewers in the live stream were very happy to see Director Xia asking Wan Jiao to tell his fortune.
Well, there's no other special reason, it's just that it's very entertaining, much better than a simple variety show.
[I want to know what Director Xia's consultation with Wan Bansian was about, and why it can't be revealed?]
Based on my understanding of Wan Banxian, the phrase "I can tell fortunes, but I don't recommend it" must be about some unspeakable private matter concerning Director Xia.
[Director Xia's private affairs, tsk, is it what I think?]
Hey upstairs, do you know something inside? Why don't you tell us? Sharing is caring, after all.
[Actually, it's nothing much. Ten years ago, when Director Xia was still an unknown director, he had a relationship with a top-tier actress who was at the height of her popularity. Later, something happened, and the actress was rumored to have been sexually assaulted by a certain financial tycoon and committed suicide by jumping off a building. Director Xia was then promoted to a high position by that same financial tycoon after that...]
The netizen who broke the news only mentioned part of the story, downplaying the most important aspects.
But netizens, relying on their imaginations, created one version after another. As follows:
[There's only one truth: Director Xia sent the woman he deeply loved to bed with a financial tycoon in exchange for a chance at success and fame. But the woman who paved the way for him left him forever afterward, which became his deepest pain. That's why he sought out fortune teller Wan Banxian.]
I think Director Xia was perhaps forced into this situation. To avenge the woman he deeply loved, he was willing to sacrifice himself...
[...]
The barrage of comments made the staff in charge of the live stream extremely embarrassed. One of them cleared his throat and gave Zhao Zhi a meaningful look.
After Zhao Zhi went over, a staff member whispered a few words in his ear. He frowned, took out his phone, entered the live broadcast room, and swiped the comments.
The more he looked, the more somber his expression became.
When Zhao Zhi couldn't bear to watch any longer, he quickly ran to Director Xia's side, bent down, and whispered a few words in his ear.
Director Xia knew that the events of that year would go viral online as early as when he came to Wan Jiao for a fortune telling. It wasn't that he didn't care, but rather... he couldn't afford to care.
Some truths are ready to surface.
That devil owed her justice, and he should, without hesitation, use the influence and appeal of this fortune teller to repay her completely and in full.
For this, Director Xia is willing to pay any price, including his career...
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